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Denise jacobsen teaches anthropolo– gy at DCE. Last year she received the John Francis Cramer award to a student outstanding in student activities. She is against the war and protests frequently in public and in her daily life. Perhaps the eloquent part of protest– ing is the sign , but its mute partner is the futility of being unable to do anything more. The demonstrator also suffers the misunderstanding of the uninvolved . When the Vanguard called the pro– test against Dow Chemical's napalm a " failure" because students had left their sit-in because a college adminis– trator asked them to move, Mrs. Jacob– sen replied , " Perhaps a militant action would now serve to crystallize people's feelings about the war, would force some substantial debate. But moral courage must be informed by more than sheer stubborness in the face of an ad– ministrator's request." 35